Greeley
District 6 earns highest accreditation score since 2016 amid mixed school ratings
District officials say 29 schools earned satisfactory ratings, while 18 increased their overall academic performance scores. Two elementary schools fell to Priority Improvement, and four schools moved from Performance to Improvement.
Greeley-Evans School District 6 earned its highest state accreditation score since Colorado revised its School Performance Framework in 2016, while school ratings showed both gains and declines.
Since 2023, District 6 has improved its overall accreditation score by nearly 6 percentage points. New data from the Colorado Department of Education indicate the score reflects steady gains in student performance across the district on last year’s state assessments, District 6 said.
Twenty-nine District 6 schools earned satisfactory ratings of “Improvement” or “Performance,” District 6 said. Eighteen schools across the district increased their overall academic performance scores. Two elementary schools dropped from “Improvement” to “Priority Improvement.” Four schools moved from “Performance” to “Improvement.”
State ratings span four categories, from “Turnaround,” the lowest, to “Performance,” the highest, District 6 said. Greeley Central High School achieved the state’s top rating of “Performance.” Superintendent Dr. Deirdre Pilch said, “We continue to see strong progress and student growth across our district. Eighteen of our schools increased their scores, and we saw our first comprehensive high school reach ‘Performance’ since the state changed the framework.”
Bella Romero Academy, Billie Martinez Elementary, Monfort Elementary and Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering each advanced their overall framework scores by 8 percentage points or more, District 6 said.
Pilch and district leadership are analyzing individual school data and systems to direct targeted support toward each school’s Improvement Plan, she said.